Trueline is hiring: Litigation Legal Secretary in Los Angeles

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Trueline's client, a female-founded law firm, is seeking an experienced litigation Legal Secretary for its Los Angeles and San Diego office, with 5 years of heavy litigation experience required. The ideal candidate must possess strong civil litigation knowledge, excellent calendaring and organization skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work well independently within a busy office environment.

Essential Job Functions and Duties

• Editing and finalizing legal documents, letters, and reports
• Filing with state and federal courts (including e-filing)
• General administrative duties such as answering phones, expense reports, travel arrangements and managing attorneys' schedules
• Manage work for multiple cases and multiple attorneys
• Work independently as well as support team efforts
• Must be an experienced litigation legal secretary with 5 years of experience
• Must have thorough knowledge of state and federal court filing requirements including experience with e-filing
• Must have strong knowledge of calendaring (i.e. state and federal court rules, dates and procedures) without the use of a calendaring program
• Strong technical skills (Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Able to prepare TOA's and TOC's in Word.
• Experience preparing legal documents including motions (MSJs), discovery, pleadings and judicial council forms
• Great communication skills and extremely organized
• Familiarity with iManage, Coyote Analytics, Westlaw - Deadline Assistant, and PACER
• Ability to multi-task and manage several projects simultaneously
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to handle constructive criticism
• Ability to work independently with little supervision, and still get the job done
• Tech Savvy
• Quick, efficient and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to interact with co-workers to achieve a common goal
• Desire to learn new tasks and take on additional responsibility
• Strong work ethic

Full-Time: 40 hours a week (In-office required. Hybrid schedule after 3 months)

Days: Monday - Friday

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and life insurance (100% paid by employer), 401K, PTO and provide parking.